USER INTERFACE GENERATION APPARATUS

• US 20110154228A1
• Filed: 08/27/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kinoshita, Kenta
• Granted Patent: US 8,739,074 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/06 Use of more than one graphics processor to process data before displaying to one or more screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface

Abstract

A user interface generation apparatus is provided, the apparatus being capable of changing a composition of a compound UI by a simple operation even after compound of user interfaces of a plurality of application programs. The user interface generation apparatus includes a control unit, if an input unit receives a second input while the control unit controls to display a compound user interface object group, for performing re-compound processing of the compound user interface object group according to a position where the input unit starts receiving the second input and a position where the input unit ends receiving the second input and controlling to display a re-compound user interface object group.

Claims

1. A user interface generation apparatus comprising:

a memory unit capable of storing an application program;

a control unit, based on the application program stored in the memory unit, for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate one user interface, to display a stand-alone user interface object group corresponding to the user interface of the instruction, and for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate a plurality of user interfaces, to display a compound user interface object group by performing compound processing on user interface objects extracted from stand-alone user interface object groups corresponding to the plurality of user interfaces of the instruction, respectively;

a display unit for displaying the stand-alone user interface object group or the compound user interface object group; and

an input unit, arranged at a front face of the display unit in relation to the display unit, for receiving a first input by a first input means and a second input by a second input means, wherein

if the input unit receives the first input, the control unit executes a function of a user interface object corresponding to a reception position of the first input, and

if the input unit receives the second input while the control unit controls to display the compound user interface object group, the control unit performs re-compound processing of the compound user interface object group according to a position where the input unit starts receiving the second input and a position where the input unit ends receiving the second input and controls to display a compound user interface object group re-compounded.

2. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs the re-compound processing to exchange, in the compound user interface object group, a display position of a user interface displayed correspondingly to the reception position of the second input and a display position of a user interface displayed correspondingly to the position where the input unit ends receiving the second input.

3. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if an input area of the second input includes a boundary of a display area of the display unit at the position where the input unit ends receiving the second input, the control unit performs the re-compound processing to change an arrangement of each user interface in the compound user interface object group.

4. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the input area of the second input includes a boundary between display areas of user interfaces at the position where the input unit starts receiving the second input,

the control unit performs the re-compound processing to move the boundary between the display areas to the position where the input unit ends receiving the second input.

5. A user interface generation apparatus comprising:

a memory unit capable of storing an application program;

a control unit, based on the application program stored in the memory unit, for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate one user interface, to display a stand-alone user interface object group corresponding to the user interface of the instruction, and for controlling, when receiving instruction to generate a plurality of user interfaces, to display a compound user interface object group by performing compound processing of user interface objects extracted from stand-alone user interface object groups corresponding to the plurality of user interfaces of the instruction, respectively;

a display unit for displaying the stand-alone user interface object group or the compound user interface object group; and

an input unit, arranged at a front face of the display unit in relation to the display unit, for receiving a first input by a first input means and a second input by a second input means, wherein

if the input unit receives the first input, the control unit executes a function of a user interface object corresponding to a reception position of the first input, and

if the input unit receives the second input while the control unit controls to display the compound user interface object group, and if the input unit receives the first input to select a user interface object in the compound user interface object group during continuous pressing down of the second input, the control unit controls to display a compound user interface object group on which re-compound processing is performed to change the user interface object selected by the first input with another user interface object.

6. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first input selects a user interface object included in a predetermined area of the compound user interface object group.

7. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit performs the re-compound processing by additionally displaying the user interface object selected by the first input to the compound user interface object group.

8. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit performs the re-compound processing by replacing the user interface object selected by the first input with a user interface object with a low priority among user interface objects included in the user interface object group.

9. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit performs the re-compound processing by additionally displaying the user interface object selected by the first input to the compound user interface object group.

10. The user interface generation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit performs the re-compound processing by replacing the user interface object selected by the first input with a user interface object with a low priority among user interface objects included in the user interface object group.